1960 Toronto Argonauts season

CFL team season March 2026 Toronto Argonauts 1960 10–4 1st, East Lou Agasehttp://www.argonauts.ca/page/all-time-coaching All-Time Coaching 2011-05-07 Toronto Argonauts https://web.archive.org/web/20110422084043/http://argonauts.ca/page/all-time-coaching 2011-04-22 dead Exhibition Stadiumhttp://www.argonauts.ca/page/stadium-history Toronto Argonauts Stadium History 2011-05-07 Toronto Argonauts https://web.archive.org/web/20110422083852/http://argonauts.ca/page/stadium-history 2011-04-22 dead Lost Eastern Finals Argonauts seasons The 1960 Toronto Argonauts finished in first place in the Eastern Conference with a 10–4 record. Their first-place finish earned them a bye to the Eastern Finals. The Argonauts lost both games of the two-game, total point Finals to the eventual Grey Cup champion Ottawa Rough Riders. Preseason After playing (and losing to) the NFL Chicago Cardinals in 1959, the Argonauts hosted the NFL Pittsburgh Steelers at CNE Stadium on August 3 in the second of three interleague games hosted in Toronto and lost 43–16. Both teams used 12 players, with a handful of NFL rules (blocking, punt returns) blended into the Canadian game. Schedule Game Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance Score Record A July 27 vs. Calgary Stampeders W 51–30 1–0 Exhibition Stadium 12,692 B August 3 vs. Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL) L 16–43 1–1 Exhibition Stadium 23,570 C August 10 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 14–7 2–1 Exhibition Stadium 10,2821960 Toronto Argonauts http://www.profootballarchives.com/1960irfutor.html 2011-01-24 Pro Football Archives Regular season Standings + Eastern Football Conference Team GP W L T PF PA PtsToronto Argonauts 14 10 4 0 370 265 20Ottawa Rough Riders 14 9 5 0 400 283 18 Montreal Alouettes 14 5 9 0 340 458 10 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 14 4 10 0 273 377 8 http://cfl.ca/standings/1960/reg 1960 Regular Season Standings 2011-05-07 Canadian Football League https://web.archive.org/web/20110812042532/http://www.cfl.ca/standings/1960/reg 2011-08-12 dead Schedule Week Game Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance Score Record 1 1 August 16 at Ottawa Rough Riders W 21–7 1–0 Landsdowne Park 20,321 1 2 August 19 vs. Montreal Alouettes W 36–14 2–0 Exhibition Stadium 26,524 2 3 August 26 at Montreal Alouettes W 29–28 3–0 Molson Stadium 24,533 3 4 September 5 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 32–21 4–0 Civic Stadium 26,253 4 5 September 11 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 16–12 5–0 Exhibition Stadium 30,863 5 6 September 14 at Ottawa Rough Riders L 12–21 5–1 Landsdowne Park 20,477 5 7 September 18 vs. Ottawa Rough Riders L 12–26 5–2 Exhibition Stadium 30,949 6 8 September 24 at Montreal Alouettes W 21–9 6–2 Molson Stadium 23,452 7 9 October 1 vs. Montreal Alouettes W 50–15 7–2 Exhibition Stadium 24,145 8 10 October 7 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats W 24–14 8–2 Exhibition Stadium 27,494 9 11 October 10 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats L 16–20 8–3 Civic Stadium 25,873 10 12 October 16 vs. Ottawa Rough Riders W 37–13 9–3 Exhibition Stadium 32,896 11 13 October 22 at Ottawa Rough Riders L 1–38 9–4 Landsdowne Park 19,119 12 14 October 30 vs. Montreal Alouettes W 63–27 10–4 Exhibition Stadium 26,069 Playoffs IRFU Finals (two game, total point series) Round Date Opponent Results Venue Attendance Score Record IRFU Final Game 1 Nov 12 at Ottawa Rough Riders L 21–33 0–1 Landsdowne Park 18,385 IRFU Final Game 2 Nov 20 vs. Ottawa Rough Riders L 21–20 0–2 Exhibition Stadium 30,529 Ottawa won the series 54–41. Ottawa advanced to play the Edmonton Eskimos in the Grey Cup. Schenley Award nominees Player Canadian Lineman Cookie Gilchrist Bill Mitchell Dick Fouts Cookie Gilchrist was the Eastern nominee for CFL Most Outstanding Player Schenley Award, but lost the award to Jackie Parker of the Edmonton Eskimos. Parker received 37 votes; Gilchrist received 33. References Category:Toronto Argonauts seasons Category:1960 Canadian Football League season by team Category:1960 in sports in Ontario